New Publication due May 2011. A History of
Binnacles. Pamela Burns-Balogh. A binnacle is the
housing for the compass, magnets, and soft iron objects that make it
possible for a ship to go from one port to another. Most binnacles did not
survive, ships were destroyed, binnacles were scrapped for the metals, and
compasses were updated. The only knowledge we have of some binnacles is
through the photographic record. This is a history of the
development and styles of binnacles from the 16th to the 20th century. The
book covers the earliest cabinet binnacles in the 17th century to the
complex binnacles of 1960ís. Archival photographs, photographs from museums,
old journals, patent drawings and descriptions, and photographs from
nautical antique dealers are included to illustrate the history of
binnacles.

Table of Contents

Part 1-History

Introduction

18th Century Binnacles

19th Century Binnacles

American Binnacles

British Binnacles

Other Binnacles

20th Century Binnacles

Polar Exploration Binnacles

American Binnacles

US Navy Bureau of Ships Binnacles by John Trail

British Commonwealth Binnacles

British Admiralty Binnacles

Other British Binnacles

European Binnacles

Japanese Binnacles

Shipwreck Binnacles

Fakes, Reproductions and Salemanís Samples

Summary

Acknowledgments, Photographic Credits

Part 2: Appendices

Instrument Makers 203 US Patent Office Drawings &
Descriptions

Trade catalogs

Negus, 1899

Riggs & Brother, 1901

Riggs & Brother, 1912 377 Perkins, 1916

Perkins, 1932 390 Lyth, 1922

Kelvin & WO White Advertizement, 1929

Simpson Lawrence, 1935

C Plath, early 1900ís

Nautical Brass flyer

Parts of a Binnacle

Glossary of Terms

Binnacle Types

This book is supplied on a CD disk as an Adobe Acrobat
file- binnacles.pdf. It may be viewed with Adobe Acrobat reader, already
installed on your computer or you may download it from http:www.adobe.com.
It is best viewed as a printed edition and may be printed on any modern
printer or taken to a copy shop and printed out double-sided and bound. over
500